It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers but for powers equal to our tasks to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel towards our distant...
I thank God for my handicaps for through them I have found myself my work and my God.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.
The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.
Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. God Himself is not secure, having given man dominion over His works! Avoiding dange...
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.
Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process w...
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either...